𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑ 🤪3d ago

Because various little annoying things got stacking, I decided to replace my $HOME #OmniOS instance running on the Aoostar R1 N150 by a #FreeBSD one. As I wanted to keep as much of the ZFS storage/data and I was not sure how FreeBSD would react to illumos storage, I did the FreeBSD on an USB stick. And...

  • Running FreeBSD from the USB stick is no issue.
  • FreeBSD 15.0 is not Production-ready IMHO. After a clean install, pkg update throws SQlite errors all over the place and I couldn't install a single package. FreeBSD 14.3 is the version I went for.
  • During installation, discarding the warning about existing zroot seem to cause no harm. The storage is overwritten and the OS installed ok.
  • Forcing the ZFS import sets data available to FreeBSD without issues. At least, I haven't noticed any yet. Special yeehaas for the ability to mount what were ipkg and pkgsrc zones with only a couple of set mountpoint calls onto a FreeBSD system - because I noticed my backups were lacking a couple of small config files...
  • Having already done "Web browsers" jails, deploying my VOD and Backup jails using FreeBSD packages (rather than illumos + pkgsrc) was pretty easy. The Infuse and rsnapshot tests are a win.
  • Not tested yet, the Linux jails. In some previous testings, I was not satisfied with what I understood from the Handbook so I'll probably have a look at BastilleBSD.
  • Not tested yet either, running bhyve machine. But this has already been done elsewhere so I don't fear this much.

Time for a sleep/break. Cheers!

Show threadJdeBPJan 2

@briandorsey

You wait until you learn that there's a handful of #Illumos-based operating systems still available.

In that alternate, the operating system has STREAMS and 'zones', uses the Service Access Facility (the Unix System 5 Release 4 replacement for Release 3 init+rc that almost everyone has since forgotten, that replaced in 1988 what people erroneously think of today as 'system v init') as part of its Solaris descendent the Service Management Facility, and also has ZFS and boot environments.

It, too, like the BSDs, has a different feel to the world of Linux-based operating systems.

#OpenIndiana #OmniOS #Tribblix #FreeBSD

Show threadJdeBPJan 2

@adacosta

There's a bit of a quibble with 'extinct' and not the usual one that #NetBSD, #FreeBSD, and #OpenBSD are very much still here.

#Illumos is still here, and available in the forms of #OpenIndiana, #OmniOS, and #Tribblix .

@ptribble 's latest Tribblix update was last November, for example. As was the most recent update to OmniOS.

drscreamDec 28
Are there any #illumos #omnios #smartos #sun #pkgsrc people at #39c3 seen also some #oxide stickers
zolarisDec 16

I have created a tool which uses #macro processing / expansion to generate #IPF #firewall #rulesets for my #illumos #OmniOS VMs and zones. It makes the wording and the ordering uniform.

The input is on the left side, while the output is on the right. Is this hinged?

Volker A. Brandt Dec 15
Morgen gibt es wieder ein Treffen der #FRAOSUG -- wir reden über alles Mögliche und Unmögliche aus der IT-Welt, ein wenig über #OmniOS und #OpenIndiana und vieles andere. Wir treffen uns auf Senfcall, Link siehe https://fraosug.de/ -- jede/r ist herzlich eingeladen! #illumos
Aktueller Termin | FRAOSUG - Frankfurt Area OpenSolaris User Group

Fraosug ist die OpenSolaris und Solaris User Gruppe für den Bereich Frankfurt/Main und die Städte der Umgebung: Darmstadt, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Offenbach, Hanau und Langen.

ufoloopNov 23
Another issue I had with OmniOS. Made a pkg update and for some reason it messed up my nginx install for Nagios. Nagios was still running OK but could not access the web interface. So I decided to make a separate Ubuntu zone to run Nagios in it. #omnios #omniosce #solaris
ufoloopNov 23
Here is the thing. Decided to install OmniOS to a nvme. Installation went smoothly but could boot the new install. Figured out I had to wipe the nvme drive (before the installation the drive was running Linux). #omnios #omniosce #linux
Show threadBoxyBSDNov 19

We just provide #BSD like #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #midnightbsd and several other ones, but also #opensolaris with #tribblix #omnios #openindiana. So, we’re also pretty niche and that’s totally fine ;)

#runbsd #opensource #ipv6

@d4gli @Paul @gyptazy

50 61 75 6CNov 19

I had to give @BoxyBSD a try and it is really amazing! Just got an #illumos box running there for free and it works without any issues. So, not only #BSD based systems, but also #opensolaris is supported at @gyptazy's amazing service. Thank you very much for this service. Btw, you could add real home directories for the created user ;)

Maybe more people will have a look at #solaris like #openindiana or #tribblix or #omnios.